"It was an ambush. That’s the only way to describe it. The
mother ship appeared out of nowhere, creating a massive shadow over the city.
Within seconds, wave after wave of fighters poured out of it, filling the
sky."

"We're
launching the ships we have ready, but they aren't much. Our pilots must fight
bravely to defend the planet while we ready the rest of the fleet. Explosions
fill the sky, and we've taken some hits, but we won't give up. Will you?"

Publisher: Renegade Game
Studios

Designer: Kane Klenko

Artists: Kwanchai Moriya, Anita
Osburn

Why I’m Excited
to Check It Out

Renegade Game
Studios has released some of my favorite games, multiplayer and solo. By far, Fuse and Flatline top that list. And now another Kane Klenko game pops into
the wild called Flip Ships, a 1-4
cooperative game where you defeat enemies and the mothership before your city is decimated.

What’s fun about
the game is you physically flip your ships (see why it’s called what it is?)
onto the enemy ships. You flick them like when you play paper football. You
can use the edge of the table or included launchpad (red block). When a ship
lands on the enemy/enemies, that enemy is defeated. You play in rounds, and
after you go, then it’s the enemies turn. You have a long atmosphere card that
shows the defense numbers for your city and the mothership and is broken up
into levels of the sky, eventually reaching space (where the enemies start).

Flicking ships?
Destroying aliens? Multiple goals? I am excited to play a game that combines
paper football and Space Invaders. And with Kane Klenko’s ability to create
amazing games, don’t forget to check out Flip
Ships at GenCon